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Fest FIJ 1976-05-02 Deity Installation Enjoy --etc
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ANNOUNCER: The
following is a lecture
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given by His Divine Grace
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda,
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recorded on the 2nd
of May, 1976, in Fiji.
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PRABHUPĀDA: So,
ladies and gentlemen,
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today is very auspicious day that
in your country, beautiful land, Fiji,
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we are now going to establish a
temple of Kāliya Rāmana, Kṛṣṇa.
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Of course the Deities, Rādhā-Kṛṣṇa
and Guru-Gaurāṅga also will be there.
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There will be three compartments in
the fashion of our Vṛndāvana temple.
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And I thank you very much for your
encouraging association in this matter.
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It is said,
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śrī-vigrahārādhana-nitya-nānā-
śṛṅgāra-tan-mandira-mārjanādau
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yuktasya bhaktāṁś ca niyuñjato ’pi
vande guroḥ śrī-caraṇāravindam
[Sri Sri Gurvastakam]
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Guru…
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There are so many other
things, guru’s qualification.
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There are eight verses
in the prayer of guru.
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The first verse is,
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saṁsāra-dāvānala-līḍha-loka-
trāṇāya kāruṇya-ghanāghanatvam
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prāptasya kalyāṇa-guṇārṇavasya
vande guroḥ śrī-caraṇāravindam
[Sri Sri Gurvastakam]
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Guru’s first business is to deliver
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the suffering humanity from the
forest fire of this material existence.
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This material existence is
compared with forest fire.
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You know there is fire in the forest.
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Big forest, nobody
goes there to set fire.
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But automatically there is fire.
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Therefore this material existence has
been compared with the forest fire.
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Here everyone wants to
become happy, but there is fire.
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Even if we do not want,
there is fire, miseries.
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Because this place, this material
world, is place for suffering.
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It is confirmed by Kṛṣṇa
Himself in the Bhagavad-gītā,
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duḥkhālayam aśāśvatam
[Bg. 8.15]
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This place is for suffering.
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But under the spell of māyā, sufferings,
we have taken as happiness or enjoying.
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This is called māyā.
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Actually there is no
enjoyment here.
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Where is enjoyment?
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When we have to die, then where
is the question of enjoyment?
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Does anyone want to die?
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No.
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Nobody wants to die.
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If there is some danger immediately,
immediately we shall flee away.
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There is a…
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Nobody wants to die.
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Therefore, in the Bhagavad-gītā
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the four principles of unhappiness
is described by the Supreme Lord,
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janma-mṛtyu-jarā-vyādhi-
duḥkha-doṣānudarśanam
[Bg. 13.9]
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Those who are intelligent, they will
see four principles of major suffering.
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What is that?
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janma-mṛtyu-jarā-vyādhi
[Bg. 13.9]
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to take birth, to die, and to suffer
from disease, and to become old.
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So, so long you have got this
material body, you have to suffer.
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Now, under the spell of māyā you
can accept suffering as enjoyment.
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That is your business,
but it is suffering.
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So therefore, guru’s business is to deliver
the disciple from the suffering condition.
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saṁsāra-dāvānala-līḍha-loka-
trāṇāya kāruṇya-ghanāghanatvam
[Sri Sri Gurvastakam]
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So one who has got this
mercy from the Supreme Lord,
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and he can deliver, he's guru.
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So guru’s, out of many other
businesses, one business is,
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śrī-vigrahārādhana-nitya-nānā
[Sri Sri Gurvastakam]
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To establish temple for
regularly worshiping
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the Deity of the Supreme
Personality of Godhead.
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śrī-vigrahārādhana-nitya-nānā
[Sri Sri Gurvastakam]
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And to worship the
Deity very nicely,
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to decorate, to dress, to cleanse
the temple, to offer nice foodstuff,
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distribute prasādam: These are
the activities of the temple.
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Unfortunately, people are
in so much ignorance,
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that they have
forgotten everything.
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They’re living like cats
and dogs, animals.
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So this is a great opportunity that you
are going to open a nice temple here.
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So not only open temple
but you take part yourself.
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How to decorate the Deity, how to cleanse
the temple, how to offer nice prasādam,
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how to distribute prasādam, how
to chant Hare Kṛṣṇa mahā-mantra.
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“mahāprabhoḥ kīrtana-nṛtya-gīta-
vāditra-madyan-manaso rasena
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romāñca-kampāśru-taraṅga-bhājo
vande guroḥ śrī-caraṇāravindam”.
[Sri Sri Gurvastakam]
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So the opportunity has come by
the endeavor of our Mr. Punja.
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He’s to be known as
Vāsudeva dāsa henceforward.
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His wife, Bhagavati,
and his mother.
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So my request is, I of course I
am traveling all over the world.
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It may not be possible for me
to see you very frequently.
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But I expect to come
again and again.
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But I entrust the matter to you all.
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I’ll send help also
as far as possible.
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Now you have to take care of
your own business, this temple,
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and always remember that according
to your capacity you can serve the Lord.
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It is not that one who is worshiping
the Deity, decorating the Deity,
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offering arotik, he’s in better position than
the person who is cleansing the temple.
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Both of them equal.
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In the spiritual world there
is no such distinction.
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Absolute.
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As here there is distinction between
higher grade and lower grade service,
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in the spiritual world
there is no such thing.
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Everything is spiritual service.
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So that you realize
one after another.
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Now, only request is that you take very
active part in this temple business.
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Especially in the matter of
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śravaṇaṁ kīrtanaṁ viṣṇu
[SB 7.5.23]
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Śravaṇaṁ kīrtanam.
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We have got so many books:
52 books, 400 pages each.
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If you simply finish this reading
and hearing of these book
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perhaps your whole
lifetime will be engaged.
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So kindly do this.
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Everyone come hear what is
spoken about Kṛṣṇa, kṛṣṇa-kathā.
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Kṛṣṇa-kathā means words or
narration or description about Kṛṣṇa.
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There are two kṛṣṇa-
kathās especially.
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One is the Bhagavad-gītā, the kathā,
the words which is spoken by Kṛṣṇa.
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This is kṛṣṇa-kathā.
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And another is Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
which is spoken about Kṛṣṇa.
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That is also kṛṣṇa-kathā.
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So kṛṣṇa-kathā,
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the temple should be always
filled up with kṛṣṇa-kathā,
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and distribution of
Kṛṣṇa prasādam.
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In this way develop your Kṛṣṇa
consciousness and be happy
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in this world and in the next.
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It is compulsory.
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You cannot avoid kṛṣṇa-kathā.
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If you avoid, then you are putting yourself
in dangerous cycle of birth and death.
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It is not fiction or whims; it
is compulsory, imperative.
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Everyone should
become Kṛṣṇa conscious.
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If he does not become,
then he’s risking his life.
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So this Kṛṣṇa consciousness
movement is meant for saving
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all members of the human
society without any distinction.
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There is no such question,
Hindus, Muslim, Christian, or… no.
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Everyone can join.
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Even one is born in
low grade family.
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That is Kṛṣṇa’s order.
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māṁ hi pārtha vyapāśritya
ye ’pi syuḥ pāpa-yonayaḥ
[Bg 9.32]
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kiṁ punar brāhmaṇaḥ punyā
bhaktā rājarśayas tathā
[Bg. 9.33]
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Even one is born in
low grade family,
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he has got the facility of joining this
Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement,
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and everyone has the capability to
understand it, every human being.
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Otherwise how in
the western world,
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all these boys and
girls who have joined,
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ten thousand in number, so they
are coming from different family.
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But they have taken Kṛṣṇa
consciousness so seriously.
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So if you yourself become
serious and distribute
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this Kṛṣṇa consciousness knowledge,
the inhabitants of this island, Fiji Island,
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they will be also benefited and
they will be also delivered.
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We have no such distinction.
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But everything must be
done under proper direction,
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and under the rules
and regulation.
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So try to carry out and
construct the temple very nicely
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and enjoy spiritual consciousness.
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- Thank you very much.
- DEVOTEES: Jaya!
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